Welcome to Visit Grantchester Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Grantchester
Visit Grantchester places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Grantchester places to visit. A unique way to experience Grantchester’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Grantchester as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Grantchester Walkfo Preview Grantchester is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta in South Cambridgeshire. It lies about two miles (3 km) south of Cambridge. When you visit Grantchester, Walkfo brings Grantchester places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Grantchester Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Grantchester
Visit Grantchester – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 205 audio plaques & Grantchester places for you to explore in the Grantchester area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Grantchester places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Grantchester with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Grantchester places with Walkfo Grantchester to hear history at Grantchester’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Grantchester has 205 places to visit in our interactive Grantchester map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Grantchester, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Grantchester places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Grantchester & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Grantchester tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Grantchester
Best Grantchester places to visit
Grantchester has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Grantchester’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Grantchester’s information audio spots:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is one of the teaching and research departments at the University of Cambridge. It conducts original research at the interfaces between engineering, chemistry, biology and physics.
University of Cambridge Sports Centre The University of Cambridge Sports Centre is the University’s main sporting facility. It is located in the centre of Cambridge’s main sports facilities. The centre is home to the Cambridge University Football Club.
Institute for Manufacturing Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) integrates research and education with practical application in industry. All areas of the IfM work closely with industry. Research is undertaken in collaboration with companies.
Cavendish Laboratory The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics. It is named after the British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish. 30 Cavendish researchers have won Nobel Prizes.
Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge The Department of Computer Science and Technology, formerly the Computer Laboratory, is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. As of 2007 it employed 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 155 research students.
William Gates Building, Cambridge The William Gates Building is a square building that houses the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. It was named after William H. Gates Sr., the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Construction on the building began in 1999 and was completed in 2001 at a cost of £20 million.
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge The Institute of Astronomy is the largest of the three astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge. Around 180 academics, postdocs, visitors and assistant staff work at the department. The Kavli Institute for Cosmology is also located on the department site.
Cambridge Observatory Cambridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory at the University of Cambridge. It was established in 1823 and is now part of the Institute of Astronomy. There are a set of optical telescopes at the site on the Madingley Road in Cambridge. The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is a few kilometres southwest.
Møller Centre The Møller Institute is a leadership and professional development Institute at Churchill College. It was founded with a gift of approximately £10 million to Churchill College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
Churchill Archives Centre Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) is one of the largest repositories in the UK for the preservation and study of modern personal papers. It is best known for housing the papers of Sir Winston Churchill, the private papers of Baroness Thatcher, and a wide range of political, diplomatic, military and scientific collections.
Visit Grantchester plaques
38 plaques hereGrantchester has 38 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Grantchester plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Grantchester using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Grantchester plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Grantchester audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Grantchester allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Grantchester’s 205 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Grantchester freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Grantchester Map App
Our visit Grantchester map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Grantchester & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Grantchester tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Grantchester centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Grantchester area at LONG:0.095, LAT:52.179.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Grantchester, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Grantchester / surrounding areas
● Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge ● University of Cambridge Sports Centre ● Institute for Manufacturing ● West Cambridge ● Conduit Head ● Cavendish Laboratory ● Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge ● William Gates Building, Cambridge ● Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge ● Cambridge Observatory ● Møller Centre ● Cambridge Interferometer ● Long Michelson Interferometer ● Centre for Theoretical Cosmology ● Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) ● Churchill Archives Centre ● Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope ● Barton, Cambridgeshire ● Storey’s Way ● Von Hügel Institute ● Shire Hall, Cambridge ● Castle Hill, Cambridge ● Duroliponte ● Cam FM ● Cambridge Castle ● Castle, Cambridge ● Marshall House, Cambridge ● St Peter’s Church, Cambridge ● St Giles’ Church, Cambridge ● The Woolf Institute
● Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide ● Museum of Cambridge ● Pepys Library ● Newton Gateway to Mathematics ● Isaac Newton Institute ● The Baron of Beef ● Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge) ● Cambridge Union ● Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge ● ADC Theatre ● Wesley House ● Cambridge Science Centre ● University Pitt Club ● Jesus Lane ● St Radegund’s Priory, Cambridge ● Wren Library ● Westcott House, Cambridge ● Trinity Great Court ● All Saints’ Church, Cambridge ● Trinity Lane ● Sir Ronald Fisher window ● Ginn & Co Solicitors ● County Hall, Cambridge ● Trinity Hall, Cambridge ● Cambridge University Real Tennis Club ● The Champion of the Thames ● Senate House, Cambridge ● Burrell’s Field ● Cambridge University Council ● University of Cambridge ● St Radegund, Cambridge ● Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge ● Market Hill, Cambridge ● Wesley Methodist Church, Cambridge ● Cambridge ● Petty Cury ● Cambridge Guildhall ● Peas Hill ● King’s Parade ● St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge ● St Edward’s Passage ● Clare Hall, Cambridge ● Austin Friary, Cambridge ● Primavera Gallery ● St Andrew the Great ● Christ’s Pieces ● Cambridge Arts Theatre ● Lion Yard ● University Ground, Barnwell ● Covent Garden, Cambridge ● Hughes Hall, Cambridge ● Anglia Ruskin University ● Fenner’s ● Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club ● Gonville Place ● The Free Press, Cambridge ● Reality Checkpoint ● Parker’s Piece ● Cambridge Assessment International Education ● St Paul’s, Cambridge ● Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church ● Highsett ● Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies ● Scott Polar Research Institute ● Cambridge War Memorial ● Department of Geography, University of Cambridge ● Stephen Perse Foundation ● Sir William Dunn Institute of Biochemistry ● Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University ● Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge ● Downing Site ● Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge ● Robert Sayle ● Godwin Laboratory, University of Cambridge ● Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences ● Old Addenbrooke’s Site ● Centre for India & Global Business ● Grand Arcade (Cambridge) ● Cambridge University Botanic Garden ● Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge ● Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge ● Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge ● Cambridge University Museum of Zoology ● Mander Portman Woodward ● Cambridge Poetry Festival ● Phoenix (computer) ● Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge ● University of Cambridge Computing Service ● William Stone Building ● New Museums Site ● Cambridge Corn Exchange ● Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge ● Cambridge Junction ● Peterhouse, Cambridge ● Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, University of Cambridge ● St Botolph’s Church, Cambridge ● St Bene’t’s Church ● Coe Fen ● The Eagle, Cambridge ● Corpus Clock ● The Bull Hotel, Cambridge ● Accordia ● Fen Causeway, Cambridge ● Mathematical Bridge ● Cambridge University Press ● The Marque, Cambridge ● Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital ● Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge ● MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit ● Sheep’s Green Bridge ● Cambridge University Press F.C. ● Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen ● Paradise Local Nature Reserve ● Newnham Grange ● Blue Ball Inn ● Brasley Bridge ● Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire ● Byron’s Pool ● Trumpington bed burial ● Grantchester Meadows ● Trumpington Meadows ● Trumpington ● Green Man, Trumpington ● Trumpington War Memorial ● Skaters’ Meadow ● Great Kneighton ● Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology ● Cambridge Greensand ● Tyndale House (Cambridge) ● Newnham, Cambridgeshire ● Cambridge Whitefriars ● Ryle Telescope ● Arcminute Microkelvin Imager ● Lauterpacht Centre for International Law ● Sidgwick Avenue ● Lady Mitchell Hall ● Marshall Library of Economics ● Divinity Faculty Library, Cambridge ● Ridley Hall, Cambridge ● Casimir Lewy Library ● Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge ● Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge ● Seeley Historical Library ● Sidgwick Site ● Pendlebury Library of Music ● Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge ● Hauxton Mill ● Strangeways Research Laboratory ● MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology ● MRC Cancer Unit ● Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre ● Cambridge Biomedical Campus ● Addenbrooke’s Hospital ● Rosie Hospital ● Royal Papworth Hospital ● Nine Wells ● Hauxton ● Needham Research Institute ● Michaelhouse, Cambridge ● Cambridge University Library ● Cambridge–MIT Institute ● The Backs ● Timeline of Cambridge ● Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy ● Panton Arms ● Fitzwilliam Museum ● Little St Mary’s, Cambridge ● St John the Evangelist’s Church, Cambridge ● Grantchester ● The Orchard (tea room) ● Old Vicarage, Grantchester ● The Flying Pig ● Marlowe portrait
Getting to / around Grantchester – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Grantchester using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Grantchester places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Grantchester Public Transport Stations
Grantchester Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Lord’s Bridge railway station
Cambridge railway station
Cambridge South railway station
Madingley Road
Castle Street, Cambridge
Northampton Street, Cambridge
Magdalene Street
Bridge Street, Cambridge
St John’s Street, Cambridge
Sidney Street, Cambridge
Green Street, Cambridge
Trinity Street, Cambridge
Sussex Street, Cambridge
King Street, Cambridge
Market Street, Cambridge
St Mary’s Street, Cambridge
Queen’s Road, Cambridge
Guildhall Street, Cambridge
Grange Road, Cambridge
Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge
Mill Road, Cambridge
East Road, Cambridge
Regent Street, Cambridge
Station Road, Cambridge
Lensfield Road
Tennis Court Road
Downing Street, Cambridge
Corn Exchange Street
Trumpington Street
Pembroke Street, Cambridge
Wheeler Street, Cambridge
Bene’t Street
Fen Road Bridge
Silver Street, Cambridge
Trumpington Road
Grantchester Road
Barton Road, Cambridge
West Road, Cambridge
Sedley Taylor Road
Hills Road, Cambridge
St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge
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Local Grantchester historians & Grantchester tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Grantchester? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Grantchester’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Grantchester place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Grantchester Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Grantchester destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Grantchester’ web pages (for example: www.visitGrantchester.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336